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January 2008
Volume 1, Issue 1 Quarterly |
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Letter from the President |
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Officers for 2008 President
Dennis Lashley |
This year has uncovered many
amazing facts about our small village, from a Maryland Governor to a steamship named for
our town. Our website, www.mtsavage.info has
grown in leaps and bounds. Since July it’s jumped from 4700 to over 7700 visits. Thanks to the Internet we have
been able to search out isolated facts enabling us to put together a much clearer picture
of life in Mt Savage. The past year has seen the start of the
long-range project of restoration of our Iron Furnace. We have taken possession of the
deed to the iron furnace property donated by Mr. Bob Rost and have been busy clearing the
brush and trees. My thanks to all the volunteers who have given their time and sweat to
complete Phase One of this project. One of our members, Wilbert Paul, was instrumental in
this effort and is continuing his effort. The Mount
Savage Historical Society has named this future park “The Wilbert Paul Iron Furnace
Park”. Without his efforts the furnace
project would not have been possible. Future plans for this park include a connection to
the This year
promises to be a busy one with the clearing of brush and trees from the top of the
furnace. Once it’s cleared we plan on having a fenced viewing area looking down into
the throat of the furnace. The Union Mining Company build now
has a bathroom! The UMC will be the site of many events this year. Future plans
include an office space for doing research and sorting the many historical records we have
in the attic. It will also be used for our new Genealogy Archives. I urge all of you to go
to our web site for a genealogy form. Then please
fill out our genealogy form and send it in. Meetings: Third Sunday every month,
7:00 PM See You Around Town, Dennis L. Lashley
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2008 EVENTS |
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May
10, 2008 Historical
Society's Annual Plant |
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June
14, 2008 Mount Savage
Community-Wide Yard Sale |
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September
20 & 21, 2008 Iron Rail
Days |
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October
4, 2008 Mount Savage
Community-Wide Yard Sale |
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October
25, 2008 Artists in
Our Village |
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December
6, 2008 Christmas in
Our Village |
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Send Us Your
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historical society is in the process of
creating a Genealogy and
We feel that this is a vital part of our past. We want to gather and preserve this
family information before We are receiving many
requests for genealogy info and would like to get our For more information and printable family tree forms visit our website and click For
questions, please feel free to contact: Becky
Korns, Secretary Whats New Junior Membership 4 Newsletters A Yr.
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Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad
Of all the forms of transportation which have been developed during any country's onward march, the one which has contributed most to the spread of its civilization, the creation and diffusion of its wealth, the expansion of its industries, and improvements in its standard of living, is the steam locomotive. No other mode of transportation had ever so fully entered into the everyday life of the people. To this day, the locomotive has remained a source of fascination for its people. Man has devised no other machine that expresses its feelings so frankly and unmistakably as does the "Iron Horse." The locomotive would sigh, pant, cough and bark; it would emit impassioned shrieks and mournful toots; even from far away one could hear its powerful staccato protests at hauling a heavy load or climbing a steep grade. In contrast, the locomotive would purr ecstatically as it romped along the rails while emitting hisses, throbs, snorts and tinkles. In addition to all these auditory forms of expression, the locomotive had its visual signs; its plumes of steam, spelling surplus energy; its belching black smoke, denoting determination; and its sparks at night, registering passion. The locomotive looked as eternal and indestructible as the mountains that it passed over. Heard for 103 years, the C&P chugged thru Mt Savage leaving a lasting impression on the citizens of our town. Even today when the Scenic railroad passes by Mt Savage the older folks get a smile on their face when the whistle blows. The C&P helped make Mt Savage the historic place it is and it’s history should be passed on to our children.
1904 TYPHOID FEVER EPIDEMIC On July 4th, 1904, a woman who had been nursing a typhoid patient in another town and who had returned to Mt Savage came down with typhoid. She lived in a cottage about 300 ft above the brickyard, on a steep incline that forms the North bank of Jenning’s Run. The drainage of this cottage was conveyed through an iron pipe which emerged from the ground about 50 ft down the hillside and just above the ditch that received part of the drainage. At the bottom of the bank a spring which provided an abundance of supposedly clean, safe water used by nearly 200 brick yard workers. On July 11, one week after the arrival of the typhoid patient, twenty workmen at the brickyard were taken ill, and new cases occurred daily for a week or two. Dr Murry, the company physician, suspected the spring as the very beginning and posted a notice directing disuse of the spring. This warning was not heeded. |
Mt. Savage Iron Works 1839 to 1870
It was in the year 1834 that the first of the furnaces was erected. A second followed almost immediately and a few years later construction on a third was started. These furnaces were originally owned and operated by an English concern but later became the property of the "Mount Savage Iron Works", an essentially American company. It was this former concern who also erected the Rolling Mill, it too, being taken over by the latter. From records available, No. 2 furnace produced in 1844, 4500 tons of pig iron on a forty week’s blast; while, in 1846, NO. 1 produced 4523 tons on a forty-four week's blast. This placed these two furnaces in the ranks of the largest in the United States. The two older furnaces were-built in one unit with the entire construction re-enforced by 1-1/2" stay-rods on the ends of which were bolted circular discs 18" in diameter and weighing about 50 pounds each. More information can be had by had at the Iron Works Link Journal of the Seventy-First Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church June 2nd 1854 Baptisms 19; Confirmed 4; Funerals 4; Communicants 19; Sunday School Teachers 3; Scholars 50. The undersigned has, with sorrow, to report further, the disastrous effect of the business derangements of the county upon the Congregation, which has been very much reduced in consequence. The cessation of work in the branch of industry that gathered so many people to this locality heretofore, compels them to remove and seek the means of living elsewhere. James Young, Rector S S Mount Savage,
A 452-ton (burden) screw steamship, was built in 1853 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania owned by the Parker Vein Coal Company. She was renamed Memphis in 1857. Chartered by the Navy in September 1858, she served as USS Memphis during the Paraguay expedition of late 1858 and early 1859. The steamer was purchased by the Navy in May 1859 and renamed Mystic a few weeks later. In June and July 1860, while operating off Africa, she captured two slave ships. To read the full article go to WWW.mtsavage.info Whats new Section
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Ramblings in Mt Savage 1849 On the evening of the sixth of July, Anno Domini, 1849, might have been seen a long train of empty cars, on their way back to Mount Savage, to be replenished with coal, at the end of which train was a small car, in which were seated some fifteen or twenty passengers. A group of four demand more particular attention, as the movements of that group will be followed up by the author, who, being himself ' one of 'em,' has some right to know. There were, besides himself, an old lady, her daughter and her grandson, in his nurse's arms. I did not count him, because they don't consider babies any thing at the rail-road ticket-office. So much for the party. A gentleman pointed out to them the beauties of the valley, up which they were being slowly drawn by the engine, on a grade of some hundred feet to the mile, such a grade as requires great power to go up, but no power at all to come down, the engine being then used mainly to hold back.Look for more Ramblings in upcoming issues .
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SAVAGE, Oct. 30,1887
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1850 to 1953
